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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 7
Kindergarten - Grade 3
Review the unit’s Sentence with the
students. Use the Unit’s Sentence for
the following activities.
• Nod and Clap
Basic Listening
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on the chalkboard. Point to one
of the illustra tions and say its name, using the unit’s Sentence. The
students should nod their heads to indicate that you said the correct
sentence for the illustration. However, when you point to an
illustration and say an incorrect sentence for it, the students should
clap their hands ONCE. Repeat this process until all of the vocabulary
illustrations have been used a number of times in this way.
• Under the Bridge
Basic Speaking
Have two students stand facing one another with hands clasped.
The two students should raise their hands above their heads to
resemble the arch of a bridge. Have the remaining students line up
in a straight line. The students should file "under the bridge" in single
file. When you clap your hands, the two students should lower
their hands, trapping one of the students "on the bridge." The student
who is trapped should then identify a vocabulary illus tration
you show him/her, using the unit’s Sentence. Repeat until a number
of students have responded.
• Illustration Concentration
Prepare a photocopied set of vocabulary illustrations. Cut the photocopied
illustrations in half. For this activity, you may wish to prepare
extra copies of the vocabulary illustrations. Glue the halves to
sheets of construction paper. Mix all of the cut up illus tration halves
on the floor, face down. Group the students around the illus tration
halves. Call upon a student to turn over one of the illus tration
halves. The student should show that illustration half to the other
students. Then, he/she should turn over another illus tration half. If
the two halves go together to produce a vocabulary illustration, the
student should identify the illustra tion by its vo cabulary word, using
the unit’s Sentence and then keep the two halves. However, if the
two halves do not go together to produce a vocab ulary illustration,
the stu dent should replace both halves in their original locations on
the floor. Con tinue in this way until all of the illustration halves have
been correctly matched. The winning stu dent or students are those
with the greatest num ber of halves collected.
• Funnel Words
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Basic Reading
Sight Recognition
Group the students into two teams. Give the first player in each
team a funnel. Mount the sight words on the walls, chalkboard, win -
dows, etc., around the classroom. Say one of the sight words. The
students with the funnels must then look through them to locate the
sight word you named. The first student to do this correctly wins the
round. Re peat with other pairs of stu dents until all players in each
team have played.
• String Along
Join all of the students together with string. The students need not
move from their seats. Before tying the ends of the string to gether,
in sert a roll of tape over one of the ends of the string. Tie the ends
of the string together. Turn your back to the stu dents. The students
should pass the roll of tape along the string as quickly as possible.
When you clap your hands, the student left holding the tape must
then identify a sight word you show him. Repeat this process until
many students have responded and un til all of the sight words have
been correctly identified a number of times.
• Calendar Bingo
Before the activity begins, prepare a calendar page on a sheet of
paper. Pro vide each student with a copy of the calendar page. Also,
provide each student with 10 small markers. Each student should
place the markers on different dates on the calendar page. Say a
date from the calendar page. The student or students who have
their markers on that date, must iden tify sight words that you point
to. The students may change the positions of their markers after
each round of the activity. Repeat until all stu dents have re sponded
a number of times in this way.
• Activity Page
Select an activity page from the Student Support Materials. Provide
each student with a copy of the activity page.
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